Above Rubies Daily Encouragement Blogs
13. BUILDING ON THE RIGHT FOUNDATION
We praise God today that all but one of the Supreme Court judges in Alabama upheld the traditional view that marriage is only between one man and one woman. We must continue to pray that the federal government will not intervene and over-rule the leadership of the states as they did over the issue of the Ten Commandments being displayed in the courts of Alabama.
In the all important sermon that Jesus gave on the Mount of Beatitudes, often called the (Beautiful Attitudes) in Matthew, chapters 5 - 7 Jesus concluded by saying: "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock" (Matthew 7:24).
The real reason why marriages (homes and families) fall apart is that we do not build them upon hearing and doing the sayings of Christ. The storms and floods are certainly assailing marriages and only those that are built upon the words of Christ will survive. The rest are falling and crashing to the ground.
The devil does not want Christian marriages to succeed because marriages mirror Christ, the Heavenly Bridegroom and the church who is His bride. Also, Christian marriages procreate children who when they are raised up in the fear and admonition of the Lord are a major threat to Satan (Ephesians 6:4).
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell
